Shave #201
Into the third century....
Razor - Thiers Issard Special Coiffeur 1937
Brush - vulfix badger
Soap - Latha Limon
After - Henri Et Victoria Cognac & Cuban Cigars
Well, my first shave on the other side of 200 (and my first journal entry on The Shaving Cadre) was a wonderful one!
Deciding to set my honing frustrations aside for a little bit, I stropped up my TI, which was in fact honed by @Xenostr8shaver Dave. It has a nice, keen and comfortable edge, and after the regular 25/65 was tree topping very nicely.
It was a little cooler yesterday than it has been for the past week, but I was still feeling a little summery, so the delightful scent of the Latha Limon was calling. As I have stated before, I am sad to hear that the Latha line has been discontinued - I now have 3 of their soaps, and really enjoy the performance.
After a nice face soak and a whipping up of lather, (and pressing play on Tom Waits' Closing Time) I put the TI to work. Much to my joy, this was one of those shaves...the ones where everything is clicking. After 3 passes and a jawline touch up, I was left with a super smooth DFS! I almost went with the Pinaud Lime Sec as my aftershave, to keep things in the citrus zone, but as I was heading out I figured I'd have the splash match my cologne, so went with the C&CC. I jumped on my bike and headed out to a friend's gig, feeling like a million bucks, happy to be starting the journey into the next 100 shaves with a really great one off the top!
Hurray!
Onward and shaveward....
Into the third century....
Razor - Thiers Issard Special Coiffeur 1937
Brush - vulfix badger
Soap - Latha Limon
After - Henri Et Victoria Cognac & Cuban Cigars
Well, my first shave on the other side of 200 (and my first journal entry on The Shaving Cadre) was a wonderful one!
Deciding to set my honing frustrations aside for a little bit, I stropped up my TI, which was in fact honed by @Xenostr8shaver Dave. It has a nice, keen and comfortable edge, and after the regular 25/65 was tree topping very nicely.
It was a little cooler yesterday than it has been for the past week, but I was still feeling a little summery, so the delightful scent of the Latha Limon was calling. As I have stated before, I am sad to hear that the Latha line has been discontinued - I now have 3 of their soaps, and really enjoy the performance.
After a nice face soak and a whipping up of lather, (and pressing play on Tom Waits' Closing Time) I put the TI to work. Much to my joy, this was one of those shaves...the ones where everything is clicking. After 3 passes and a jawline touch up, I was left with a super smooth DFS! I almost went with the Pinaud Lime Sec as my aftershave, to keep things in the citrus zone, but as I was heading out I figured I'd have the splash match my cologne, so went with the C&CC. I jumped on my bike and headed out to a friend's gig, feeling like a million bucks, happy to be starting the journey into the next 100 shaves with a really great one off the top!
Hurray!
Onward and shaveward....
